THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                  1089

CHAPTER 655
(House Bill 409)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section (v)
of Section 661 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement), title "Natural Resources",
relating to the season for taking or catching cultivated oysters in
Wicomico County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (v) of Section 661 of Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement), title "Nat-
ural Resources", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

661.

(v) (Season for Taking or Catching Cultivated Oysters.) The
season for taking or catching oysters for sale from leased areas of this
State shall be between sunrise and sunset of any day, except Sun-
day, between the first day of October and the first day of April, inclu-
sive, next succeeding, except in Wicomico County, where the season
for taking or catching oysters shall be from the first day of September
to the fifteenth day of April, except in Worcester County, where
oysters are permitted to be taken and sold at any time, and except
in St. Mary's County, where the season for taking or catching
oysters shall extend to the fifteenth day of April, inclusive; provided,
however, that any lessee desiring to take or catch oysters by dredge
or hand scrape during October, or during the last fifteen days of
March, shall give written notice of his intention so to do to the
nearest officer of the Department of Tidewater Fisheries, and such
notice shall name the day and hour when he intends to take or catch
oysters and shall be mailed to said officer at least three days in
advance of the date named in the notice.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 656
(House Bill 410)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section (d)
of Section 41 and Sections 44 and 45 of Article 66 1/2 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles",
sub-title "Administration—Registration—Titling", and to add new

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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